The people of a small community on the coast of the Free Republic of Avelax seem to have developed the ability to breathe underwater without the magical devices usually needed for that purpose... and the government suspects illicit use of unlicensed magic. The truth is different—their water-breathing ability is due to bits of deep ooze inserted in their throats, supplied by a deepling on behalf of the Bathybius. When agents of the onirarchs arrive to investigate, can the PCs save the townspeople from persecution? Or should they... what does the Bathybius expect in return for its gifts, and have the townspeople gotten into something over their heads?
